Latest New Jersey Headlines

All the headlines from our New Jersey Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Business Moves

Sep 21 2020 // Carlyle, Alera GroupNew York-based investment firm The Carlyle Group led a $150 million investment for Deerfield, Ill.-based Alera Group, the property and casualty, employee benefits insurance broker that is a...

Rental Car Company to Pay $80K in Penalties, Implement Reforms Over Fraud Allegations

Sep 17 2020 // A discount car rental company operating out of Newark and JFK Airports has agreed to pay $80,000 in penalties, enter binding arbitration to resolve consumer complaints and change its policies and practices following New...

Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fail to Separate COVID Patients, Putting Others at Risk

Sep 10 2020 // Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were on edge as early as March when patients with COVID-19 began to show up in areas of the hospital that were not set aside to care for them.The Centers for Disease Control and...

IAT Insurance Group Names Fox Managing Director in New Jersey

Sep 8 2020 // IAT Insurance Group has named Chris Fox to its reinsurance business unit as managing director. He is based in IAT’s Newark, N.J., office. Fox comes to IAT after 12 years with Everest Re in both domestic and...

One80 Intermediaries Acquires New Jersey’s Equinox Management Group

Sep 3 2020 // One80 Intermediaries, a national wholesale broker, program manager and insurance aggregator headquartered in Boston, Mass., has acquired the Equinox Management Group and its affiliates Meridian Management Group and...

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Advantage Benefit Concepts

Sep 2 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA), has acquired Advantage Benefit Concepts Inc. of Blackwood, N.J., on April 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Advantage Benefit Concepts Inc. specializes in employee...

Commuter Bus Slams Divider at NYC Terminal, 16 People Hurt

Aug 31 2020 // A commuter bus slammed into a divider at New York City’s main bus terminal on Saturday, injuring 16 people – one critically, the fire department said.The New Jersey Transit bus crashed around 9:30 a.m. on an...

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s Maximum Benefit Insurance Agency

Aug 31 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Maximum Benefit Insurance Agency Inc. of Saddle Brook, N.J., on August 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1994, Maximum Benefit Insurance Agency...

New Jersey Driver Accused of Texting Gets Prison in Pedestrian’s Death

Aug 27 2020 // A New Jersey woman has been sentenced to five years in prison in the death of a pedestrian that prosecutors said occurred as the driver was texting – an accusation the defendant denied on the stand.Alexandra...

New Jersey High Court Sides with Pfizer Over Religious Discrimination Suit

Aug 24 2020 // A former Pfizer employee who said she was fired for refusing a vaccine on religious grounds can’t proceed with a discrimination lawsuit because she waived that right, New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in...

How One Young Brokerage Founder Plans to Target a ‘Different’ High Net Worth Market

Aug 24 2020 // As a self-taught app developer, when Hayden Kopser sees a problem, he seeks to build a solution.So, when he observed during his time working at AIG that some brokerages weren’t adequately servicing high net worth...

Weather Service Probes Damage in New Jersey to Determine if Tornado Hit

Aug 21 2020 // National Weather Service officials on Thursday were trying to determine if a tornado touched down as a severe thunderstorm moved across a portion of New Jersey.Heavy rain and powerful winds sent residents scrambling in the...

Twelve Hurt as Commuter Buses Crash on New Jersey Turnpike Ramp

Aug 19 2020 // A crash early Monday involving two New Jersey Transit buses on a New Jersey Turnpike exit ramp left roughly 12 people injured, authorities said.The accident in Secaucus occurred around 7:15 a.m., state police said. One bus...

New Jersey Provides Guidance for Homeowners After Tropical Storm Isaias

Aug 13 2020 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) has provided guidance for homeowners suffering property damage caused by the recent tropical storm that rattled the state.DOBI has issued guidance for New Jersey...

Court Revives Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder Lawsuits

Aug 7 2020 // A New Jersey appeals court’s decision to revive two lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson’s iconic Baby Powder of causing cancer may lead to the reinstatement of about 1,000 suits targeting the talc-based...

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s JF Murray Co.

Aug 6 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired JF Murray Co. Inc. of Point Pleasant, N.J., on July 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.JF Murray Co. provides clients with complete insurance solutions...

Destruction from Tropical Storm Isaias Seen Across North Carolina

Aug 5 2020 // Tropical Storm Isaias spawned tornadoes and dumped rain along the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday after making landfall as a hurricane in North Carolina, where it smashed boats together and caused floods and fires that...

‘Defensive Dining’: Keeping Makeshift Outdoor Eateries Safe From Storms, Drivers

Aug 5 2020 // Outdoor spaces hastily fancified for low-risk dining are keeping thousands of U.S. restaurants from closing permanently. But crashing the dinner party are tropical storms, rats — and the occasional out-of-control...

New York, Connecticut and New Jersey Boaters Urged to Prepare for Hurricane Isaisas

Aug 3 2020 // The Coast Guard on Saturday urged commercial and recreational boaters in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey to prepare for possible high surf, dangerous rip currents, heavy wind, heavy rainfall, and coastal flooding from...

Court Rules New Jersey Can Shut Down Gym That Defied Closure

Jul 28 2020 // A state judge ruled that New Jersey authorities can shut down a gym that has repeatedly defied Governor Phil Murphy’s executive order to remain closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.The ruling held Atilis Gym of...